Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 16:29:04 -0300 (ART) From: Fernando Gleiser <fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar> To: "Hays, Sam" <SGHays@PatioEnclosuresInc.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Goofy programming question ( C ) Message-ID: <20010809160227.I71785-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar> In-Reply-To: <F3E75182E249D3119CF1006008A950CEB6BE2E@mozart.patioenclosuresinc.com>
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On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Hays, Sam wrote:
>
> the question:
> Passing a two dimensional array to a function via a pointer.
>
> what I have is this:
> void function(char* array);
> . . .
> char array[4][4];
> function(array);
> . . .
function expects an char * as an argument. array is not a char *.
change the prototype to void function (char array[][4]).
>
> that doesn't work. I've tried a whole slew of other things, anybody have
> any suggestions?
Yes, read chapter 5 of K&R ("pointers and arrays"). Look for the section
about multidimensional arrays.
Fer
>
> -SH
>
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